The term has been popularised by radical Hindu fringe groups, who accuse Muslim men of participating in a “conspiracy to turn Hindu women from their religion by seducing them”.

Senior police official Anand Srivastava told BBC Hindi’s Dilnawaz Pasha that the man had shared several “hateful” videos on social media.

He added that police believed the accused and his victim did not know each other and had no history of animosity.

The victim, Mohammad Afrazul, who worked near the city of Udaipur, had been living there for more than 10 years.

“We have found that nobody from Shambu Lal’s family had an inter-religious marriage. He has used inflammatory statements in these videos. To avoid any violence, we have been organising meetings between the two communities,” Mr Srivastava added.